Presidential candidate Ben Carson’s religious faith entered the national conversation this weekend after Republican rival Donald Trump cast doubt on the Seventh-day Adventist Church during a ...

Des Moines Public Schools taxpayers will see their tax rate hold steady going into the 2025-26 school year. The tax rate — approved during a special session public hearing Tuesday — is unchanged from ...

Caitlin Clark's foundation is contributing to four new multipurpose athletic courts at Des Moines Public Schools. The courts are expected to be completed by the end of summer, with Weeks Middle ...

NEW ADMINISTRATION. TWO GUNS HAVE BEEN FOUND ON SCHOOL CAMPUSES IN DES MOINES JUST WITHIN THE LAST MONTH. THEY WERE NOT FIRED, BUT AUTHORITIES ARE UNDERSCORING THE DANGER THAT THOSE WEAPONS POSE.

Des Moines Public Schools officials' plan to overhaul education within the district calls for wholesale changes to facilities that would close some schools and repurpose others as part of the ...

Facing declining enrollment and an increasingly diverse student population, Des Moines Public Schools ... moving sixth-graders to elementary schools, expanding all-day preschool for 4-year-olds ...

The proposed changes include dividing the district into three regions, moving sixth-graders to elementary schools, expanding all-day ... seventh-eighth grade middle school model, Roberts said. Des ...